| Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire | |
| Developer: | Hypnotix |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Interactive |
| Platforms: | Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast |
| Released: | Windows Dreamcast |
| Genre: | Action |
| Modes: | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire is a video game parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It was created by Hypnotix, and released in 2000 by Simon & Schuster Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Sega Dreamcast.
While the Microsoft Windows versions feature mainly 2D-animation and menus, the Dreamcast version mainly uses 3D models for the player, as well as 3D environments and the millionaires the player beats up in 3D, rather than 2D animation in the PC version.
The objective of the game is to answer multiple-choice questions correctly, by using a buzzer to answer. Following this, the player assaults another player's character. The objective of the game is to assault another player sufficiently so that they drop off the game's ladder, a parody of the real show's question ladder. The last player is the winner.
Like its more serious (and non-violent) real-life counterpart, Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire gives the contestants "lifelines" (also known in-game as "lifeboats") to help them out if they get stumped. The three lifeboats are:
The game received unfavorable reviews to overwhelming dislike on both platforms.